An Excel workbook with multiple worksheets. Each worksheet holds the time series of mean forecasts for the level of a different variable. The first two columns list the year and quarter in which the survey was conducted. The remaining columns give the mean forecasts for all quarterly and annual horizons, as described below ~ SPF Documentation
| QUARTER | UNEMP1 | UNEMP2 | UNEMP3 | UNEMP4 | UNEMP5 | UNEMP6 | UNEMPA | UNEMPB | UNEMPC | UNEMPD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | |||||||||||
| 1968 | 4 | 3.5974 | 3.6218 | 3.8359 | 4.0231 | 3.9910 | 3.9397 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
| 1969 | 1 | 3.4000 | 3.5656 | 3.7738 | 3.8525 | 3.8623 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
| 1969 | 2 | 3.3036 | 3.4607 | 3.6446 | 3.8196 | 3.9111 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
| 1969 | 3 | 3.5036 | 3.6375 | 3.8214 | 3.9304 | 3.9875 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
| 1969 | 4 | 3.7055 | 3.8382 | 4.1509 | 4.4127 | 4.4036 | 4.3473 | NaN | NaN | NaN | NaN |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2021 | 3 | 5.9025 | 5.3207 | 4.9323 | 4.6527 | 4.4176 | 4.2484 | 5.5852 | 4.3777 | 3.9636 | 3.9056 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5.1027 | 4.5741 | 4.3186 | 4.1193 | 3.9808 | 3.8864 | 5.4466 | 4.0762 | 3.7790 | 3.8033 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4.2019 | 3.9308 | 3.7532 | 3.6401 | 3.5942 | 3.5521 | 3.7336 | 3.5308 | 3.5929 | 3.7011 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3.8000 | 3.6034 | 3.5518 | 3.5648 | 3.6089 | 3.6557 | 3.6272 | 3.6860 | 3.9116 | 3.9370 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3.6000 | 3.5676 | 3.6640 | 3.7953 | 3.9310 | 4.0870 | 3.6575 | 4.0235 | 4.0518 | 4.0085 |
216 rows × 11 columns
Starting from the earliest year of SPF (Why unnecessarily load everything?)
| 0 | |
|---|---|
| YEAR | |
| 1968-01-01 | 3.7 |
| 1968-02-01 | 3.8 |
| 1968-03-01 | 3.7 |
| 1968-04-01 | 3.5 |
| 1968-05-01 | 3.5 |
| ... | ... |
| 2022-05-01 | 3.6 |
| 2022-06-01 | 3.6 |
| 2022-07-01 | 3.5 |
| 2022-08-01 | 3.7 |
| 2022-09-01 | 3.5 |
657 rows × 1 columns